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Special Educational Needs Policy Definition of Special Educational Needs Children have Special Educational Needs if they have a learning difficulty that calls for Special Educational provision to be made for them. Children have a learning difficulty if they: Have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age. Have a disability that prevents or hinders them from making use of Educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age in schools within the area of the local education authority.

Identification, Assessment and Provision Provision for children wit h special educational needs is a matter for the school as a whole. In addition to the governing body, the school’s head teacher, the SENCO and

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